"JHudson" wrote in message
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Hi
I've talked to some other people about this and they have had the same
happen. Originally it just affected my fancy guppies(I gave up on them,
just have feeders in with the crayfish now, hard to tell if they
experience
the same problem as they are living up to the millions fish name and the
crayfish or chinese algae eaters would eat anything they could find), but
recently the platies are showing the same. What happens is that the fish
eat well and look well and then I'll notice one getting thinner and
thinner
until they die or I euthanise(sp?) them. I have checked my water quality
and the Ammonia and Nitrite are both reading 0. I know our water is
hard(about 8), but I don't think that is the problem. We do have a water
softner on our well. The other fish in the tank are not affected. I
thought the Red-Tailed shark or chinese algae-eaters may of been the
problem
and they were moved into the crayfish tank, but no difference. So
according
to the test kit and the other fish the water is fine, but I have fish that
just waste away. I was looking for any ideas as what it could be and
flukes
have come up, but if there are any other ideas they would be much
appreciated.

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OK, here's what my Handy Dandy Fishlopedia mentions about "What if my fish
is too thin?" ...

- "Pathogenic, usually systemic, infection with bacteria"
- Fish TB is "particularly likely to cause" this
- "endo sitic protozoan infection (ie: neon tetra disease, hole in head,
heterosporis)" ... doesn't mention anything specific to livebearers
- "Heavy infestation of endo sitic worms"
- "incorrect diet or long term shortfall in food intake"

The above doesn't really mention anything too specific, but I looked up fish
TB in the same book and it mentions that fish TB is "fairly common in
aquarium fish, particularly gouramis, barbs, tetras, and livebearers."

My guess would be since the livebearers are particularly susceptible to fish
TB, along with the other fish mentioned above, but if you don't have any of
the above mentioned fish, then only your livebearers would be showing signs.

Try reading up a bit on fish TB. The book I use is excellent, it's called
the Tropical Fishlopedia by Mary Bailey and Peter Burgess.

Btw, here's what in mentions about a cu

"difficult to cure, although antibiotics such as kanamycin and erythromycin
are sometimes effective."

Hope that helps,
Harry




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